Social History of Crime, Policing and Punishment

This text is part of the International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology. The focus is on the social history of crime, policing and punishment, and topics discussed include the criminality of 18th-century women and post-Civil War racial antagonism.

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The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology aims to present a publishing initiative that brings together the most significant contemporary published journal essays in criminology, criminal justice and penology. Topics discussed in this volume include the social-control theory in American history, property offences, social tension and racial antagonism in post-Civil War rural Louisiana, the criminality of women in 18th-century England, police authority in London and New York, policing and prosecution and the social histories of punishment.